The 2014 West Side Research and Extension Center California Cotton and Agronomic Crops Field Day will be held Thursday, September 11, at the center. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., with the program running from 9 a.m. to noon.
This year’s program includes:
- Cotton Fusarium Wilt research update. Bob Hutmacher, UC Cooperative Extension, Five Points.
- Control of Late Season Insects: Avoiding Sticky Cotton. Pete Goodell, UC Cooperative Extension, Parlier.
- Forage Sorghum: Assessing the potential for growth in California. Jeff Dahlberg, UC Cooperative Extension, Parlier.
- Sugar Beet Research and Bioenergy Potential. Steve Kaffka, UC Cooperative Extension, Davis
- Defoliation’s Role in Avoiding Sticky Cotton. Steve Wright, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare-Kings County.
- Overhead irrigation and conservation tillage studies in cotton-wheat rotations. Gerardo van den Hoek and Jeff Mitchell, UC Cooperative Extension Davis, Five Points.
- Deficit Irrigation Research in cotton. Dan Munk and Bob Hutmacher, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno and Five Points.
For additional information, contact Dan Munk at 559-241-7521 or dsmunk@ucanr.edu
